Scambos_Glacier

Scambos Glacier

Scambos Glacier

Glacier in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

Scambos Glacier (77°44′S 149°25′W) is a glacier about 35 nautical miles (60 km) long draining to the Sulzberger Ice Shelf. Named by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) after Theodore A. Scambos, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, Colorado, expert in the use of remotely sensed data for field and theoretical studies of Antarctic ice behavior from the 1980s to the present.[1]

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    "Scambos Glacier". Geographical names. Retrieved 16 January 2018.

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